The Republican journal., 1887-11-10

Ia Nil'ls, itSslZ. i4ONcli. I1dW tnOrHc. sumner
and Holmes, and pictures of places and scenes
associated with his life and works. Price $1.50.
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PETER BCDsToNH. THE Boy THAT WAS
IIAZED. BY J. Il. Trowbridge. This is the
sixth in the authors Tide Mill Stories. and will
be found to be the equal of all the series that
have preceded it. which includes "Phii and
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this series are written i'll the authors best
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adventure, and are profusely illustrated. The
moral to he drawn from ''Peter Budstonc' is
Obvious. although by 10 means obtrusiye-thc
terrible wrong and danger of hazing. 1t is
story OF the New England coast, and in it are
Illustrated the fidelity and affection of boy of
III for his older, but demented, brother. Mr..
Trowhrd@e's books always abound in the sort
of ancr,lutcs boys like, and which carry with
them strong moral influences, and 'Peter Bud
stone" is Just as prolific in this particular
any Of Mr.. TroWbrid:se's stories. Price. 81 %.
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READY ABOUT, OR Saline THE BOAT.
BY Oliver optic. This is the sixth of ''The
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building. boat-rigging, at-managng, and
practi'';', hints to make the ownership of a
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and the author aims to have his stories also in
structve and an incentive to manlness and
morality. "Oliver Optic is really Mr.. William
7. Adams, Il native of Massachusetts but now
Il resident of Minneapolis, but to his thousands
of Young readers he is best known and will be
best remembered As Oliver Optic. Illustrated.
Price, SI.25. Lee x Shepard, Boston.
THE DFBATFRs HANDBOOK. This is dc
signed for practical exercises in lccamations
al thr fnr
classes in public and private schools. 1t i'll
cude> !: debate upon the character of Julius
Caesar. adapted from j. Sheridan knowles,
and directions for the conduct of debate, with
- list of subjects and references. Lee X Shcp-
ard Boston.
Miss NESTS CLASS IN GEOGRAPHY. BY
Frances c. Sparhawk. The author offers this
little book rs Il result of the study of child
nature, and hopes it will be found of use as
supplementary reading for classes in geo
wraphy. and, in eases of Young children. as
preparatory to the definitions and tcr>e state
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mere sound il rot fury" and 'Signifl-
in- nothing.
Miss Blanche Willis Howard has nearly fin
i>lcd Il long noNc. She has also two play
partly written.
The real and full name of Lewis Carroll
the author of the inimitablc "Alicc's 4Adven-
ture. j. I.u,Wid e Dodyson.
I'm illustrated poem by Elizabeth Akcrs is
announced AS one of the features of the Christ
ma, number of ',cribncr'- Magazine.
Mcssrs. Lee and shepard, Boston. are about
TO issue Il new and revised edition of Natural
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OF the country.
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Mrs. G. Il. Alden. The ID. Lothrop Company,
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Cupple> 4 lIurd, Boston, have just publish
ed a biography of Com. Nj. e. Perry, by W. Z.
Gritfis, u. d.. author o. the Mikado's En-
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second edition of mature in Scripture which
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ford's ''Repuhiic OF God': and, "Old New
England DAYS :; story Of True Life.
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Ways for Boys to Make and DO Things. H.
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with variety Of information and suggestions
about other ;hing> that every live boy will he
thankful for.
The November number of The Forum has
the following attractive ta,e of contents
Warfare Against Society. President +. A. p.
Barnard. Should Fortunes be Limited? Ed
ward L. Peters. The Use and Abuse of the
Veto Power. John ID. Long. Is the Negro
Vote Suppressed: senator y. H. Colquitt.
The Panama Canal from Within George G.
iiurlbut Shall Utah Become state: George
'icknnr Curtis. Christianity and Communism.
Rev. DIR. Henry Van Dyke. Jr. What is the
Object Of Life: W. 5. Lilly. Books that have
Helped Me. Brandcr Matthews. Avodabe
Dangers of the Ocean. Lieutenant V. l.. Cott-
man. Caterpillar Critics. James Lane Allen.
The Forum Publishing Co.. 81 9TH av., New
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The publisher, of Our Little Ones and The
Nursery say-and we know they will be as
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for whom our magazine is designed. Next to
lis prestige in the home and with mothers, its
utility a> a school reader has been tested and
certified by the most competent teachers. SUI
pcror artists are now Eu>y in illustrating the
work Of corresponding list of writers of
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umc, which will include lessons in natural his
tory, etc, lessons in gentleness and kindness,
in obedience punctuality, amiability-all sunny
in sentiment, with oppressive and repellins
morals omittcd.)
The Factors of Organic Evolution. by Her
bert Spencer, il published in pamphlet form by
j. Fitzgerald. n East lth street, New York,
and will be sent post free to any address for Ii
cents. The far-rcaching consequences of the
doctrine of Evolution are strikingly set forth
in this essay. As commonly apprehended. this
doctrine is supposed to he Il theory to account
for the differences between species, but in fact
it applies to life in all its pascs-not less strict
ly to Psychology. Ethics, Sociology, than Ply
siology and Anatomy In a word there is nc
department of human knowledge or of philOsO-
phical speculation that has not been revolutions
lied since the publication of Darwin's "Origir
of Species.' The work before us, published al
a merely nominal price, should be in the hands
OF every one who would think the thoughts OF
the age in which we live.
IIoughton, MIfiln Il Co. republish for 1885
the Browning, Emerson. Hawthorne. Holmes
Longfcllow, Lowell, Whitney and Whittier
Calendars, with substantially the same decOrat
ed cards as this year, but with marked change
in the arrangement of selections from the au
thor's writings. These are now bound in cloth
SO that when the last leaf shall be turned, they
form Il pretty cloth-bound volume of the choic.
est passages from the works of an illustrious
writer. All except the Whitney Calendar have
portraits and other artistic desi igns drawn from
the authors residences. or from characters OF
incidents in their writings. Printed in cOlOrs
Price, 30 cents each. The Literary World, OF
London, said of the Calendars for 1887: "Eacl
Calendar is work of art. The coloring anC
yilt are artistically mixed, and the Calendar.
have Il very striking effect. We have nothing
in this country that can approach them in de
sign and finish.''
Among the forthcoming interesting volume.
from the publishing house of Messrs. Lee 4
Shepard, Boston, are ''The Fortunes of thu
Faradays," by Miss Douglas; "CAIRA! OF
Danton in the French Revolution," by Lau